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Location: Lorn & Islands Hospital, Oban
Hours: Full-time
Salary: AFC band 8b
Are you an experienced and motivated pharmacist looking for a leadership role at the forefront of pharmacy services? A&B HSCP has an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist to join our dynamic team during a time of considerable change and opportunity for the profession.
About the Role
You will lead, develop, and deliver high-quality, patient-centred pharmaceutical care across a range of clinical areas including surgical, medical, HDU, and ideally Oncology & Haematology. You will manage a team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy support staff. This role offers the chance to work closely within a multidisciplinary team and contribute to improvement projects around cost-effective and safe medicines. You will provide expert clinical and strategic advice at patient, Hospital, locality, HSCP, and national levels to ensure safe, effective, and appropriate use of medicines.
What We’re Looking For
- An undergraduate Master’s Degree or equivalent in Pharmacy and registration as a practicing pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Postgraduate degree to Master’s level or Doctorate level in a recognised area of pharmacy practice or equivalent.
- Wide-ranging experience in one or more branches of pharmacy, including extensive clinical pharmacy experience, and wider experience of hospital pharmacy practice.
- Significant post qualification experience within a recognised area of pharmacy practice within the managed service.
- Significant experience as an independent prescriber
- Significant experience managing a team.
- Evidence of developing and conducting research and audit
- Evidence of successful change management
- Evidence of delivering staff development, education & training
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills
- A corporate approach to working and a good team worker.
- Car owner and full driving licence
Department Contact: Sandra Melville, Lead Phamacist, Oncology & Acute Care. Telephone: 01631 789109
Job Reference: 239212
Closing date: Midnight Wednesday 31st March 2026
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
- Effective from 1st April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reduced from 37 to 36 hours. Part-time hours will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis. There will be an increase in the hourly rate to ensure that pay remains unaffected.
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